Brood Explained

Brood may refer to:

Nature

• Brood, a collective term for offspring
• Brooding, the incubation of bird eggs by their parents
• Bee brood, the young of a beehive
• Individual broods of North American periodical cicadas:
  • Brood X, the largest brood, which emerges on a 17-year cycle
  • Brood XIII, a brood centered on Northern Illinois and its surrounding area, which also emerges on a 17-year cycle
  • Brood XIX, a large brood in the Southern United States which emerges on a 13-year cycle

People with the surname

• Herman Brood (1946–2001), Dutch musician, painter, actor, poet and media personality
• Philippe Brood (1964–2000), Dutch politician

Entertainment

• The Brood, a 1979 horror film directed by David Cronenberg
• Brood (comics), an alien species from the Marvel Comics universe
• The Brood (professional wrestling), and The New Brood, WWF professional wrestling stables in 1999
• "The Brood", an episode of the television series of Exosquad
• Brood, the dragon clan in Breath of Fire III

Music

• The Brood (band), a crossover thrash band from Venice, California
• The Brood (album), a 1984 album by Herman Brood
• Brood (album), 1994 album by Melbourne band My Friend the Chocolate Cake
• Broods (duo), a New Zealand pop music duo
• Elliott Brood, a death country band from Toronto

See also

• Brod (disambiguation)